Her mother was Catherine Wilt b. 1775 in Philadelphia, d. Nov 1861 Collinsville Illinois
Rachel married Philip when he was a 2nd Lt. of the 6th US Infantry on October 28th, 1830 at the Cantonment Leavenworth quarters of Agent John DOUGHERTY and his wife Mary (Herzog) DOUGHERTY, sister of the bride, by Rev. Mr. EDWARDS. This was the first wedding of record in present Kansas in which both bride and groom were white persons.
Marriages, Births & Deaths in Kansas Before 1854; Midwest Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc., Wichita, KS.
Avilable in Johnson County Library, Kansas.
Vol. 28, 32, p. 177, written 1962 and entire document organized in 1966.
Her mother was Catherine Wilt b. 1775 in Philadelphia, d. Nov 1861 Collinsville Illinois
Rachel married Philip when he was a 2nd Lt. of the 6th US Infantry on October 28th, 1830 at the Cantonment Leavenworth quarters of Agent John DOUGHERTY and his wife Mary (Herzog) DOUGHERTY, sister of the bride, by Rev. Mr. EDWARDS. This was the first wedding of record in present Kansas in which both bride and groom were white persons.
Marriages, Births & Deaths in Kansas Before 1854; Midwest Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc., Wichita, KS.
Avilable in Johnson County Library, Kansas.
Vol. 28, 32, p. 177, written 1962 and entire document organized in 1966.
Gravesite Details
Buried in Section H Lot 94 in the Elmwood Cemetery in Detroit along with her daughter Julia and Julia's first husband Jacob Sharp.
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